Hao Chen is a postdoctoral fellow at International Security Studies and the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University. He specializes in twentieth century international history of East Asia, especially in the post-1945 era. His current project examines the rivalry between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan in the Third World, particularly how Beijing and Taipei competed for the legitimate representation of a postcolonial Chinese state amid the movement of Afro-Asian solidarity. Hao was the recipient of Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Doctoral Fellowship (2019-2020). He received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge. Prior to his doctoral study in Cambridge, he completed his Bachelor’s degree in the United International College at Hong Kong Baptist University, and then a research degree at the Master’s level at McGill University.